Siren Call Of The Sunflower Seeds

Several months ago, I started leaving bird seed in the alley out back. I left the seed out in the open, making it unlikely that cats could catch birds unaware.

I won a small following of birds, plus several of the neighboring squirrels as well. Everyone loves the sunflower seeds.

Nevertheless, the squirrels have to cross the alley to get to the seeds. Over the last two weeks, two sunflower-seed-addled squirrels have been squashed by passing cars in the alley.

At first, I had thought of the squirrels as parasites, but now I see them as victims.....